Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1856. 32pp. Disbound. Toned. Good+. More
Limestone County, TX: August 1860]. [4] pp, entirely in manuscript, each page 12" x 7-1/2," on one folded sheet. "Copy" written in ink at upper left corner. Small ink stain, Very Good. An early manuscript draft copy of Beden Stroud's will in August 1860. Stroud, who died five years later..... More
[Raleigh: 1852]. Printed Folio Broadside, 12-1/2" x 17-3/4." Printed in four columns beneath caption title. Old folds, pinhole at a fold intersection affecting portions of a couple of letters. Signed in type and dated at the end. The name of the Letter's recipient, Dr. Ladson A. Mills, is also printed..... More
Demopolis: March 4, 1861. [4] pp, folded folio sheet. Ink manuscript written on the first two pages, docketed on last page. Old folds, Very Good. Each of the six petitioners-- James Taylor Jones, Jno. T. Liman, Nathan B. Whitfield, R.M. Campbell, O.H. Prince, and [--] Torbert-- signs in his own..... More
Hamburg, Perry County: April 7, 1862. Folded leaf, written on the first page on lined paper in ink manuscript. About Fine. Docketed on final blank, "Dr. R.D. Jackson. Hamburg. Perry Co. Ala. Ansd April 8th / 62." Shorter was Alabama's Governor from 1861-1863. Jackson, his application evidently having been accepted..... More
[Greenwood, MS: @1958]. 14, [2 blanks] pp. Stapled as issued. Original printed title wrappers. Fine. The Association says, "This article is entirely voluntary by a Jewish Southerner," who was "born and reared in Mississippi." He thinks of himself as a "Jewish Southerner" rather than "a Southern Jew." He opposes the..... More
New Orleans, La. Wm. Miller, Printer, 104 Gravier Street, 1895. Original staples [small bleedthrough] and printed wrappers [light wear]. 4" x 6." 35, [3] pp. Light uniform toning, Very Good. Chalmette is a geographic area in St. Bernard Parish, just east of downtown New Orleans. It is named after a...... More
New Orleans: New Orleans Democrat Print, 1881. Original printed and illustrated stiff paper wrappers [some loosening]. [2], 248 pp plus frontis portrait of Governor Wiltz; attractive folding map, in color, noting available homesteads. Light dusting, stitched. Very Good. Slavery "fostered a system of large plantations worked by slaves, discouraged the..... More
[New Haven]: 1812. 23, [1 blank] pp, in modern wrappers. Vertical fold, partly uncut, light wear. Good+ or so. Cabot, to whom Dumond and the Library Company attribute authorship, was a Massachusetts Federalist and a leader of the so-called 'Essex Junto.' There were two issues: one with the 1812..... More
[Stuart's Island, Lake Chicot, Chicot County, Arkansas]: 1855. 7-3/4": x 8-1/2". Completely in ink manuscript on blue unlined paper. Pencil notation under Stuart's signature, "of Chantilly". Several short splits along folds [no loss], repaired with archival tape on verso. Very Good. The writer was likely Charles C[alvert] Stuart [1818-1869]..... More
[Virginia?]: 1821. 6-1/2" x 8". Ink manuscript. Old folds, minor wear. Docketed on verso: "J. Darne note $60 1821." Some pinholes along folds [no text loss]. Very Good. George Lee Turberville was George [Richard] Lee Turberville, Jr. [1797-1870] of Virginia, the son of Col. George Lee Turberville, Sr. [c.1770-1798]..... More
Cape Parish, Virginia: 1790. 7-1/8" x 10". Prepared completely in ink manuscript, partly untrimmed. Docketed on verso: "At a Court held for Westmoreland County the 26th day of January 1790. This Deed of Gift was Acknowledged by John Turberville party thereto and ordered to be recorded. Teste. Jas. Bland, C.W.C...."..... More